The heavens set sail from the courtyard

Chapter 1276 Shadow
Kyoto, Inspection Institute.

Chen Pingping sat in a wheelchair, reading the secret letter sent to him from below. Wang Qinian and Yingzi stood beside him, making no sound.

They knew that Chen Pingping didn't like to be disturbed when he was reading the secret letter.

After a long time, Wang Qinian brought over a cup of hot tea and placed it on Chen Pingping's left.

Chen Pingping put down the secret letter and picked up the teacup with a gloomy face. Wang Qinian reminded him in a low voice: "Dean, be careful of the hot tea."

"How have you been with Fan Xian recently?" Chen Pingping asked, taking a sip of tea.

"Master Fan treats people with sincerity and has no doubt that I am the dean's man." Wang Qinian said with a smile.

Chen Pingping sighed, "I'm sending you to Fan Xian, so you should assist him well. As for your wife and children, I will take care of them."

"Thank you, Dean." Although Wang Qinian was still smiling, a hint of gloom flashed in his eyes.

When Fan Xian entered Beijing, Chen Pingping sent Wang Qinian to contact him, on the one hand to escort him, and on the other hand to monitor him.

Not long ago, Fan Xian and Teng Zijing were treated as the murderers of Lin Gong and were thrown into jail. Although Teng Zijing saved his life, he could no longer help Fan Xian.

At this time, Wang Qinian appeared at the right time, looking like a money-grubber, and quickly gained Fan Xian's trust.

Although Wang Qinian's appearance is not impressive, he is a very shrewd person. He knows the situation in Kyoto very well and is efficient in his work. He has also achieved ninth-grade cultivation and his lightness skills are unparalleled in the world, so he is highly valued by Chen Pingping.

"Dean, Master Fan has been in frequent contact with the owner of Wang's Cloth Shop recently. I think that owner is a little unusual." Wang Qinian told Chen Pingping about what had happened around Fan Xian recently.

"Wang's Cloth Shop." Chen Pingping lowered his head and thought for a while before saying to Wang Qinian, "Don't worry about that Shopkeeper Wang. He will never hurt Fan Xian."

Wang Qinian said carefully: "From my recent observations, the shop assistants in Wang's cloth shop all have advanced martial arts skills. There is also a huge dark room under the cloth shop. It is obviously not an ordinary cloth shop."

Chen Pingping glanced at Wang Qinian expressionlessly.

Wang Qinian immediately shut up, took a step back and said no more.

"Find a way to get Fan Xian in touch with Si Lili of Zuixianju," Chen Pingping said.

Wang Qinian frowned and said, "Master Dean, Si Lili is the most beautiful courtesan in Kyoto, but in fact she is a spy sent by Northern Qi. Will it cause trouble if Master Fan contacts Si Lili?"

Chen Pingping smiled and said, "You care about Fan Xian a lot."

Wang Qinian replied: "The dean asked me to protect Master Fan, so I must do my duty faithfully."

Chen Pingping explained: "Don't worry! I asked Fan Xian to contact Si Lili because I wanted to do him a great favor."

Wang Qinian didn't ask any more questions and left.

The only person left in Chen Pingping's room was a shadow wrapped in a black robe.

"Shadow, have you investigated Wang's Cloth Shop?"

"Wang's Cloth Shop is Anhe's base in Kyoto." Shadow said.

Chen Pingping said calmly: "Anhe is becoming more and more daring and arrogant, and he even dared to assassinate Qin Ye."

"Dean, since you have already found the real culprit, why don't you report it to His Majesty?" Shadow is the person Chen Pingping trusts the most and knows some secrets that others don't know.

In fact, over the years, the Inspection Institute had not been unaware of the Dark River Killer Organization and knew something about the situation on the grassland, but Chen Pingping chose to hide all this from Emperor Qing.

"Fan Jian's child is quite capable. It has been difficult for him to build a career on the grassland over the years. If I take action again, I am afraid I will really become a mortal enemy with the Fan family." Chen Pingping sighed:
"Fan Xian will be inseparable from the support of the Fan family in the future."

Shadow said worriedly: "After the grassland is unified, even if we encounter natural disasters and cannot go east for the time being, we can't guarantee that we won't become a major threat to Qing Kingdom in the future."

Chen Pingping said: "I have been observing what that kid has done over the years. Although he can use drastic measures, he still has a bottom line. Otherwise, if there was a disaster on the grassland, he would have led his cavalry eastward and caused great suffering to the people.

Speaking of which, if Fan Xian had half the skills of that kid, perhaps I would have been able to achieve my wish a long time ago."

Shadow may be the only one who knows what Chen Pingping wants.

This king of spies who lost both legs would have committed suicide long ago if it weren't for revenge for Ye Qingmei.

"Shadow, from now on, whether I am here or not, you must support Fan Xian and fulfill my wish." Chen Pingping suddenly touched the button on the wheelchair and smiled:
"I have a feeling that I should be able to help the young lady get revenge soon!"

Shadow was startled and said worriedly: "Master Dean, with our current strength, we are not enough to shake that person." Chen Pingping shook his head and said: "Our preparations are not enough, but if we can unite with the Fan family, we will have a great chance.

You go to Wang's Cloth Shop right away. It's time for me to meet the child."

The shadow took the order and left, like a ghost, sneaking into Wang's cloth shop and hiding on the beams.

Below, Wang Gang was eating, accompanied by Black Scorpion and Iron Rat.

"Since Lord Shadow is here, why don't you come down and eat with us?" Wang Gang picked up a piece of vegetable with chopsticks and said quietly.

Black Scorpion and Iron Rat reacted immediately and protected Wang Gang. Black Scorpion even took out a rattle and looked at the beam fiercely.

The shadow rolled over and landed on the ground as light as a feather.

"The dean wants to see you." Shadow said.

Wang Gang said disdainfully: "Chen Pingping wants to see me, do I have to? Can't you see I'm having a meal?"

Shadow said: "The dean knows what you did in Kyoto. He helped you suppress it. Otherwise, this cloth workshop would have been surrounded by the army long ago."

Wang Gang sneered: "I didn't ask Chen Pingping to help me. I haven't settled the score with him for the time he cheated me!"

Shadow explained: "The dean actually secretly sent people to protect you all those years ago, otherwise how could you have walked into the grassland safely."

Wang Gang snorted coldly: "Chen Pingping is doing this in vain, I don't need his protection at all.

If he wants to see me, he can come here in person. I don’t have time to go out.”

"I will convey your words to the dean." Shadow said coldly.

Wang Gang glanced at the shadow who was about to leave and asked, "You are helping Chen Pingping because you want him to help you kill Si Gu Jian?"

The shadow suddenly stopped and quickly pulled out a soft sword from his robe.

"What do you know!" Shadow pointed his sword at Wang Gang and said gloomily.

Tie Shu misstepped and stood in front of Wang Gang, with a pair of steel claws on his hands.

"You only have the ninth-grade peak cultivation level. It is basically impossible for you to kill Si Gu Jian in this lifetime." Wang Gang said to Yingzi while eating.

"Everyone who knows my identity must die." Shadow drew his sword directly, using the Four-Gu Sword Technique.

Iron Rat smiled sinisterly, and his pair of iron claws turned into an iron wall, blocking Shadow's sword.

Shadow became more and more frightened as the fight went on. It turned out that Iron Rat's strength was also at the peak of Rank Nine, not inferior to him. And his claw skills were sharp and fierce, making him very difficult to deal with.

“Si Gu Jian’s sword technique can only reach the ninth level. If you want to go one step further and break through to the grandmaster level, you have to learn from Si Gu Jian, be ruthless and loveless, and use killing to achieve enlightenment.” Wang Gang’s voice reached Shadow’s ears, making him unable to remain calm, and his sword technique also had flaws that shouldn’t have existed.

Iron Rat seized the flaw, grabbed Shadow's soft sword, and twisted it with his iron claws, turning the long sword into scrap metal.

Hiss!

Tie Shu grabbed the mask off Shadow's face, revealing a very handsome face.

"It turns out you're not ugly. You wear a mask all day long and I thought you were too embarrassed to see people." Tie Shu pinched Shadow's mask and said with a laugh.

"Old man, come back!" Black Scorpion shouted at this time.

"My wife told me not to fight with you anymore." Tie Shu quickly retreated back to Wang Gang.

Shadow looked at the long sword that was tangled into a dough on the ground and was a little dazed for a moment.

"I have practiced swordplay all my life, is it really impossible for me to break through to become a Grandmaster?"

Wang Gang laughed and said, "Didn't I tell you that? As long as you can be ruthless and loveless, enter the Dao through killing, and realize that everything is created to nurture humans, and humans have nothing to repay the heavens, and everything can be killed, you can break through the Grandmaster level and catch up with Si Gu Jian."

"If you have no feelings or love, are you still a human being?" asked the shadow.

"Then do you think Si Gu Jian is still a human being?" Wang Gang asked back.

"He is not a human being at all, he is a beast. Even the grandmaster is not a human being." Shadow said hatefully.